St. Paul daily globe., 1887-04-03
CAMPAIGN CHATTER.

IL. ID. Graham, OF the Ninth ward, has
crowned himself with laurels in promptly
declining the Republican nomination for
park commissioner. Mr.. Graham is Dem
ocrat and has been honored by party
nomination tor senator, and he could not
accept the Republican nomination under
the circumstances and in the spirit in which
it was made Presumably his name will
remain on their ticket, but the public will
understand that the votes given him will
be given under no false pretenses. If
elected. he will make a good officer and will
have the respect of everybody,
Prof. j. G. Moore, of the university, one
of the Democratic nominees for the school
board, is perhaps as fit man for the posi-
tiOn as could be found in the city. Before
he accepted the Office he went to Is. F. Mel
son. whose term expires, and asked if he
would be a candidate again. In the pres
ence of Scion Armstrong and James Nc
Cary Mr.. Nelson said he would not. Prof.
Moore said he would not accept if Mr..
Nelson would be candidate. Yet it is
said Mr.. Nelson announced himself as an
independent candidate before the Repub-
licans nominated him. Prof. Moore is said
to be indignant and righteOusly so.
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JOIN d. QulIlll, Tie lj6ulOcTdUlC nominee
for justice i'll the South district, is about
six months under 40 years of age. and come
of good Democratic family in Sandusky,
o. HIS early life was passed and his edu-
cation acquired in Berlin, Wis, his parents
removing to Faribault in 1865. At the age
of only 21 he was elected justice of Fari-
bault and held the Office through eight sue
cessve terms without opposition. At the
same time he was probate judge of Rice
county. though city and county were Re-
publican. holding down both offices at
once. Since 1875 he has been practcng
law, and has built up good reputation in
his profession. Judge Quinn is abund-
antly qualified for the Office of justice, and
there seems little doubt of lis triemphant
election.
The aggressive and somewhat humorous
canvass of Ed A. Stevens is attracting con-
siderable attention from its simple unique
ness. Whatever may be SAID of Ed, he Is
not lacking in keenneSs and energy. He is
not exactly brilliant. but he is shrewd, far
seeing and we'll posted. His wide acquaint-
ance stands him in good stead. and gives
considerable advantage over his competi-
tors. One of the humorous features of his
campaign is the successful and adroit man
DOi III WHICH, ll0 lids NOi Gil6 COuTIldl.
Few of those who know Stevens have any
doubt of his election.
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His competitor. F. J. Geist. is ieweler,
and some amusing stories are told of his
canvass. One of these was that he had
gone to certain Plymouth avenue people
and told them that in the event of his elec-
tion he would establish his Office on Plvm-
Outh avenue: that he would catch all the
farmers as they came in, and would whoop
up the Plymouth neighborhood with rush
of business! Another story is that he felt
he was in a Democratic locality, and ac-
cordingly kept his Republicanism at dis
count; he told his Democratic friends that
he was really Democrat, and the Repub-
1icanS. nominated him as compliment!
Geist was a justice in the rural dees-
tricks down East before he camet Min
neapolis.
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r. J.. Penny, the candidate for associate
judge of the municipal court. is one of the
best educated young attorneys in the city.
He was born at Watertown. Conn.,, Nov.
25. 1851, and graduated at Tale college in
1874. He after graduated from the law
school of the same college and began prac-
tice with his brother, A. ID. Penny, law
yer of wide reputation at New Haven. He
practiced law in New Jersey until 1880,
when he came to MINNEAPOLIS and began